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Heraclidae

American  
[her-uh-klahy-dee] / ˌhɛr əˈklaɪ di /
Or Heracleidae

noun

  1. a drama (429? b.c.) by Euripides.


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Hence this migration is called the Return of the Heraclidae.

From A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest by Smith, William, Sir

The Heraclidae and the Dorians now divided between them the dominions of Tisamenus and of the other Achaean princes.

From A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest by Smith, William, Sir

Such a scheme, undertaken by men who had shared with one another toils and dangers, sanctioned by the Delphian oracle, under the guidance of the Heraclidae, seemed to have a promise of permanence.

From Laws by Jowett, Benjamin

The Heraclidae is a very poor piece; its conclusion is singularly bald.

From Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature by Black, John

Aristarchus says he lived about the period of the Ionian emigration; this happened sixty years after the return of the Heraclidae.

From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch

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